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If My Favorite Bookstores Were People

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An illustrator in New York City imagines the personalities of some local bookshops and how they might be embodied. More »

Book Review: ‘Short War,’ by Lily Meyer

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In Lily Meyer’s first novel, “Short War,” love and family ties are tested by a nation’s upheaval.SHORT WAR, by Lily MeyerThe translator and critic Lily Meyer’s first novel opens in Santiago, Chile, with a lovely, eerie assuredness, a moment like an incantation... More »

‘The Swans of Harlem,’ by Karen Valby

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THE SWANS OF HARLEM: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History, by Karen ValbyThe sense of loss in “The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Grou... More »

The Fashion Influencers of the French Revolution

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“Liberty Equality Fashion” explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who led the charge.Most days, Anne Higonnet is able to keep her cool. She’s a distinguished professor of art history at Barnard College... More »

Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Good Material,’ by Dolly Alderton

Published 14h ago - iNFO Vi

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | How to ListenHow to explain the British writer Dolly Alderton to an American audience? It might be best to let her work speak for itself — it certainly does! — but Alderton is such a cultural phenomenon in her native Engla... More »

PEN America Cancels World Voices Festival Amid Israel-Gaza Criticism

Published 15h ago - iNFO Vi

The decision by the free expression group came after intense criticism of its response to the war in Gaza. A wave of participants had pulled out of the festival in protest.The free expression organization PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festiv... More »

Novelist John Green says OCD is like an ‘invasive weed’ inside his mind

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Green's YA novel, Turtles All The Way Down, has been recently adapted to film. Green described living with OCD, and how "one little thought" could take over his mind, in this 2017 interview. More »

Joan Didion’s Best Books: A Guide

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The Joan Didion many people know is constructed from a few artifacts the real writer left behind when she died in 2021. There’s her much-imitated (and sometimes parodied) 1967 essay “Goodbye to All That,” about leaving New York. There’s the packing list enumer... More »

The Buzziest Books of April | 2024

Published 18h ago - iNFO Vi

26 Apr 2024 The Buzziest Books of April | 2024 April was a month filled with extraordinary new releases to love! There were so many page-turning novels that captivated us from cover to cover this month. If you want to know what new books e... More »

Did Richard III Kill the Princes in the Tower?

Published 19h ago - iNFO Vi

Philippa Langley devoted years to the search for Richard III’s remains. Now, she’s trying to crack a 15th-century cold case: Did he really assassinate his nephews?For over 400 years, Richard III has been seen as Britain’s most infamous king — a power-hungry us... More »

The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week

Published 21h ago - iNFO Vi

Every week, Book Riot puts together the bestselling books of the week. We take a look at the five biggest bestseller lists — all of which disagree with each other — and note the overlap to see the overall bestsellers of the moment. But even by combining these ... More »

6 Books to Read Before Stranger Things Season 5